{"id":2671,"date":"2019-01-29T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T09:20:00","slug":"trend-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/01\/trend-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"TREND ALERT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been out and about <strong>trend spotting\u00a0<\/strong>at the Paris shows and closer to home. Move over Scandi minimalism and welcome brighter colours, graphic pattern and individual character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<strong>Excuse my French\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>was the theme at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maison-objet.com\/en\">Maison et Object<\/a><\/strong>, Europe\u2019s biggest trade fair in Paris. The message of this new wave of radical designs was to be bold and bizarre and not bourgeois. \u00a0To revitalise old crafts, play with opposites and bring a breath of uniqueness to an increasingly standardised world. A rediscovery of French <em>savoir-faire<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-1-225x127.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Trend Mook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maison-objet.com\/en\"><strong>Maison et Objet<\/strong><\/a>, Paris 2019 &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Excuse My French<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>According to Vincent Gr\u00e9goire from the Paris-based forecasting agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellyrodi.com\/en\/\"><strong>NellyRodi<\/strong><\/a>, they also possess a certain je ne sais quoi \u2014 that indescribable Gallic quality that exudes an easy allure, an effortless chic and a distinctive sense of style.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ensemblierlondon.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-20x25.jpg 20w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-2-225x281.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Headboard by Tara Craig of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ensemblierlondon.com\/\">Ensemblier<\/a><\/strong>. Photograph by <a href=\"https:\/\/nataliedinham.com\/\"><strong>Natalie Dinham<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Over here, we\u2019d politely translate this as <em>classic with a\u00a0<strong>twist\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>where a new generation of creatives are refashioning the <strong><em>English country-house\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>look\u00a0<\/em>to bring personality back into the home. Vintage fabric headboards, elaborate ottomans, drinks trays and scatter cushions. But it\u2019s all about balancing pattern and curated <strong>chintz<\/strong> and of course the beauty of <strong>English florals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-450x291.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-225x146.jpg 225w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-3-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternative Flooring\u2019s Quirky B Liberty Fabrics Flowers of Thorpe Summer Garden Carpet<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Both these French and British design directions share a <strong>love of tactility<\/strong>, a need for emotion and a call for individuality over globalisation.<\/p>\n\n<p>It seems that <strong>The Memphis movement\u00a0<\/strong>overtakes midcentury modern as the furnishing du jour. Celebrated textile designer and weaver\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.margoselby.com\/\">Margo Selby<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>combined her patterns with <strong>velvet<\/strong>. Memphis her new collection for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osborneandlittle.com\/\">Osborne &amp; Little<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is a vibrant range of woven fabrics including cut velvet in graphic geometric formations and stripe designs. The patterns are inspired by the recording artists from Memphis and Motown, the homes of blues and soul in the 1950&#8217;s and 1960&#8217;s. The colour palette features Margo&#8217;s distinctive use of vibrant <strong>fuchsia<\/strong>, <strong>cherry<\/strong>, <strong>teal<\/strong>, <strong>jade\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>citrus\u00a0<\/strong>as well as quieter tones of <strong>sage<\/strong>, <strong>silver\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>grey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osborneandlittle.com\/fabrics\/spring-2019\/memphis-by-margo-selby.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4.jpg 798w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-600x752.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-450x564.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-20x25.jpg 20w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-4-225x282.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osborneandlittle.com\/fabrics\/spring-2019\/memphis-by-margo-selby.html\">Memphis<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>, Margo Selby for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osborneandlittle.com\/\"><strong>Osborne &amp; Little<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; seen at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paris-deco-off.com\">Paris D\u00e9co Off 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Natural stone\u00a0<\/strong>takes colour too with an array of coloured marbles. The design world looks beyond classic white Carrara to rose, rust and green shades. <strong>Alternative Flooring <\/strong>take coloured marble to the floor in the new <strong>Boutique\u00a0<\/strong>carpet collection created in collaboration with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stylelibrary.com\/\">Zoffany<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-20x25.jpg 20w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-5-225x281.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Boutique Serpentine Malachite<\/em><em>Zoffany for Alternative Flooring<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>In chaotic times, humanity finds solace in its own inner circle. Another trend we saw was that of rounded edges and in particular the\u00a0<em><strong>lozenge<\/strong><\/em><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>This shape is a playful pill-like form and it was upholstered in <strong>Art Deco-inspired velvet<\/strong>. Watch out for softly sculpted tub chairs and curved sofas too.<\/p>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-20x25.jpg 20w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-6-225x281.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Boutique Serpentine Celadon<\/em><em>, Zoffany for Alternative Flooring <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>A buzzword was <strong>Biophilia,\u00a0<\/strong>the relationship between humankind and nature. Natural materials and plant-life, bringing the outside is not so much a trend but way of living.<\/p>\n<p>People want to create a home that is happy, consoling and comforting and that means textures from the softness of carpets underfoot to the snugness of the sofa.<\/p>\n\n<p>Well-being takes a step further with <strong>Veganary.\u00a0<\/strong>The new vogue for <strong>vegan interior\u00a0<\/strong><strong>design\u00a0<\/strong>is here. Interiors are not just sustainable and eco-friendly but now filled with entirely animal-free products. Time to take a fresh look at our plant-fibre floors then. \u00a0Grown in coastal meadows is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/naturals\/grasses\/seagrass\/herringbone.html\">Seagrass Herringbone<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>full of natural character and as uplifting as golden sunshine.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/naturals\/grasses\/seagrass\/herringbone.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-450x288.jpg 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-225x144.jpg 225w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/seagrass_herringbone_1-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternative Flooring\u2019s <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/naturals\/grasses\/seagrass\/herringbone.html\"><strong>Seagrass Herringbone<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em>carpet<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>We all know catwalks find their way and into our homes. Have you hankered after a camel-coloured coat this winter, well you are going on the right direction as <strong>beige\u00a0<\/strong>is coming back? Think caramel and coffee or chestnut brown with mustard accents for a <strong>seventies<\/strong> touch. Brown on brown is the fashion combination of the season\u2026<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8.png 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-600x429.png 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-450x322.png 450w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-225x161.png 225w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/BLOG_Image-8-20x15.png 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternative Flooring\u2019s <\/em><em>Wool Herringbone Zig Zag Button<\/em><i>bespoke rug with a Cotton\u00a0Herringbone\u00a0border, <\/i><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/rugsrunners\/make_me_a_rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Scroll down for more fabulous flooring and interior inspiration in our blog\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/\">www.alternativeflooring.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move over Scandi minimalism and welcome brighter colours. 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